Tag: National Society of Professional Surveyors

Does It Matter if Your Surveyor Is Licensed?

Does it matter whether you retain a licensed professional land surveyor? It does, and here’s why: If you hire a professional land surveyor, you know you’re getting someone who has demonstrated through rigorous examination that they have your state’s required level of education and have earned recent continuing education credits that keep them up to… Read More »

Geospatial Community Answers Call to Update Benchmarks

By Dick Kleinmann, PLS, and Mick Heberlein, PLS, PS, CFedS The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) rolled out a program in late 2020 asking surveyors to make GPS observations on existing benchmark monuments nationwide. The intent is to improve the vertical data model and tools that will facilitate transition to new 2022 datums. The effort will… Read More »